Between Love and the Ex-wife's Revenge

lights of the living room barely illuminated the tension that hung in the air as she moved

wasn't admiration that glimmered in his eyes, but a subtle contempt that lingered in the shadows

e sliced through the silence like a whip as she

l. Deep down, she knew something had shattered, but still clung to the hope that o

the dance floor. Olivia noticed his wandering gaze, and her heart sank at the s

from women like her," Harrison muttered, contempt thinly veile

ine just as brightly... if only you-" Olivia hesita

" Harrison smirked, his

ties to me. I'm the one who cooks, who cleans. I don't feel like your wife-I feel like your maid!" Olivi

d at her with a coldness that could freeze eve

passionate? You expect me to feel compass

nce she longed to embody, the brilliance she yearned to posse

in the middle of the room and walked toward the enigmatic woman who had enchanted him.

ut wound her heart with abuse and insults. To him, Olivia was no more than a dull presence-a woman who had appeared

ext d

Harrison shouted, his brusque

rk early. I still don't know why you ever married that woman-she doesn't e

e stained much longer by her dishonor. Soon, everything will be

satisfaction and

h the chores. If she's leaving, I'm not

now. Our business is in recession

oxicity of broken relationships. Olivia, meanwhile, c

only thing on Olivia's mind

ed a mere peasant, Olivia carried a secret of significant proportions-one she had never shared. Her d

Martens, a successful agricultural entrepreneur known

d projecting a glamorous image to society-displaying luxuries and eccentricities they cou

ity and the extent of her sacrifices, convinced that on

completely: she let her hair down, applied makeup-an art she had never mastered due to her humble life-and wore an elegant dress, though nothing too modern

headed straight to Harrison's company. She entered unannounced. However, all eyes turned to her-not w

sband's office. She was about to knock when a strange sound stopped her-noises from within. Intrigued, sh

ivia's heart shattered

he brutal evidence of h

e door... only to find the most devastating sight she could have imagined: he

son quickly covered her and turned to his wife with disda

ke that?" The woman beside Harrison laug

re?" Olivia asked,

she realized it was the same

in my life-one who looks nothing like you. So plea

ou do this to me? What d

Look at you- how you're dressed, how you've done your makeup. You loo

back her tears. The surprise she had been promised had turned into a nightmare from w

pain was unbearable-yet the helplessness hurt even more. She loved him. S

sband would explain himself-that he would react to her discovery a

than expected. That night, he arrived with a white

ly," Olivia said, hopeful that

pe at her chest. She bar

this,

replied mockingly. "Sign i

, don't do this to me. I'll do what

orn again. Now go, Olivia. I don't wa

by one. Inconsolable, she wanted to beg him again-but her husband dragged her across the floor in front of his family's mocking eyes

her knees in front of the mansion's doo

opene

hts and left her out th